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1 ' THE INDEPENDENT IS ISSUED Saturday Morning :.. BY - ! JOHN W. KELLY, Publisher. Ob Tsr...., MX HVBlllt.., Tbree Mih.. ... ,.8 i K6 .. 1 H These tm tha tama far Ihiua navtn. In i The Idkfindkht ffn fine inducement to d- reruaera. lerms reasonable. Ssi J. J ASKULEK PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, OPTICIAN. ALL WORsTwARRANTED. AND . : arcaiar i walchta, Clocha. i Jewelry, ifw"w.tb mm a i;r(itiwi, And a Full Line of Uflart, Tooacoos and Fancy Goods. The only reliable Optometer In town for the ujiMunoui oi opecuciee ; aiwaya on band. uepot or the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec tacles arm tyegiasses. vrFiCK F'.rat door south of postoffice, Bote- r.lAHONEY'S SALOON Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland 'Vy Jcub. Mahoney, Prop'r. The finest of wines, liquore end cigars in Doaaf- BIX-.I,IA.Itr TA.BIiU U State kept Ib proper retain fartlas traveling on the railroad win tnd tide piaoe rery bandy to visit during the Hop ping of the train at the Oak land, Depot. Oire me a call. Jas. mAuONEY. JOHN FRASER, Hoztf. Made Furnitiire, WILBUR, OREGON. Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc. Constantly on hand. CIIDUITIIDC I have the beat stock o uiiiiuuilbi larnUare south of Portland And all of my own manufacture. No two Prices to Customers Residents of Douglas county are requested to give iuo n can ueiore purenasing eisewnere. -ALL WORK WARRANTED.-! DEPOT HOTEL- 0AKLASD, - . OREUOH. ICIcliard Thomas, Prop'r, npBIS HOTEL HAS BEEtf ESTABLISHED for t number ol years, and has become rery jwjruw iiu iuo traveling puDiic. irsv-ciaes SLCfcPINQ ACCOMMODATIONS. And the table supplied with the best the market anume. Motel at the depot of the Kailroad. JFiirniture Store! JTOIIJV GILDERNLEVE MAYING PURCHASED THE FURNI- ture Establishment of John Lehnherr, is now prepared u ao any woi k in tne i UPHOLSTERING LINE. : ; : He is also prepared to furnish j IT'XJRIVITrjR.E In all styles, of the best manufacture, and cheaper - man me cneapesi. nis Cliatrn, Tables, Bureans, DedateadH, Wnshstands, ETC.. ETC., ETC. Are o superior make, and for low .st cannot be equalled in the State. Tue Finest of Spring Beds And the Most Complete of as Always on band. Everything in ine line fur nished, of the bestquality.on the shortest notice and at the lowest rates. COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED. And orders filled cheaper and better than can . any other establishment. Desiring a share of trabl?o patronage, the un .Jeraigned promises to oiler extra inducements to an patrons, ttive n e a tnai. JOHN GILDERSLEVE. H. C. STANTON, Dealer in Staple Dry Coods 1 Keeps constantly on hand ment of a general assort- EXTRA FINE GROCERIES, WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASS WAKE, ALSO Crockery and Cordage A full stock of HCIIOOL B O O Its Such as required by the Public County Schools All lalnda of STATIONERY, TOY8 and FANCY ARTICLES To suit both Young and Old. B UYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures Drafts on San Francisco. SEEDS list fcSEEDS ! :SI312H5 ! i ' ALL filUDS OF IitiST QUALITY Oil DERS ? I'romptly attended to and Goods shipoed with care. Address, llachfney & Bene, j Portland. Oregon 1 Jii.tlce. -.. ' j -.. Notice is hereby given, to whom it jcolj concern, that the nmierntpied tus bwn a ward til tli-j contract for kaeplng tha boualas county Pirn per (or the period ol two yeara. All persons in need o wwixttiwo trots (aid covoty auiat first procure a certificate to that effect "from an member of tbe County Board, and present it to on ol the following named persona, who are author ised to, and will care for thorn presenting anch cartiftcatw W. L. Button, Rose burg ; L. L Kellore, Oakland ; Mrs Itrown, fookins Olaaa. Dr. Scrojrga ia anthorixed to Itmiiab naaical aM to an persons in need of the i wbo have vaco declared paupers of Douglas eonnty. i WK. B. C'taRkfi, Supt. ol Poor. ' Immkm, Or.. Fee. 16, HMO ... nn u JU LATEST SUMMARY. BY TELE6ITAFH TO DATE. At a cabinet meeting the case of Cadet Whittaker was disposed of by uisapprov iEgtbe sentence of dismissal from ser vice imposed by the court on the ground uiat tecjinicai eriaence taken at tne trial was improperly introdnced. JUicksoD, wbo took the monster peti- tion in faror of Mason to Washington from Chicago, has returned, and says the general impression is that the sentence is too severe, and that he will be par 3 f - - - .. uoneu ana uismissea irom tne army It 18 Dubliclv charcBd at Deawon1 that the, United States crand iurv latelv discharged had found a true bill against John B. Furay, special postal agent, for attempted Dnoery in pro ;eeu ting ex Postmaster Starr, but District Attorney ampoeu aeiJi it irom coming to court. A tragedy has occurred ten miles north or Jmmettsburg, Iowa. Charles Come ims and red Miller, highland Scots lately from the old countrv. became in volved in a dispute. Cornelius procured a revolver and shot Miller dead and then put two bullets into his own brain and fell dead in his tracks. ouage Aavocate uenerai waim it is understood recommends modification of the sentence of Sergeant Mason upon the ground that Guiteau was not in a posi tion where he could possibly have been killed by Mason and that under such circumstances the charge of assault with intent to kill cannot be sustained. Considerable excitement was caused in Santa Domingo by the report that the United states lias dispatched the warship jcnrerprise wun a cargo of coal to estab lish a coaling fetation at Samana under protest. An American company has claimed the title to certain lands there Ti ' - 1 1 1 . -it is rumoreu me government will pro test. The house committee on militarv af fairs will offer the following amendment to fche army appropriation bill: That any o nicer 01 uie army wno may be supernu merary to a permanent organization an luqnzeu dy law may upon bis own re quest receive an honorable discharge and one year s pay and allowance for each five years' service, provided that no offi cer shall receive more than throe years' pay ana allowance. Passenger rates from Missouri points were demoralized on the 20th, tickets selling from New York to Kansas City for $16 to $18. a direct cnt of 810 to S12. Fare to Chicago went as low as $2, and $5 was the general rate exceut at the Chicaca e tt i . ft.- . i & uiiiou uiuue. woicu. noaer oraers. maintained the rate at $7. Wabash and Bock Island led the cutting. The exist ence of 200 of the Wabash cheap fare unlimited tickets in the hands of scalpers is the cause of the difficulty. Washington special: A gentleman on intimate terms with the em bass v at Washington of the Chinese Empire, savs in case the anti-Chinese bill pusses the house the Chinese minister would re move his legation to Spain, to which country he ii the accredited representa tive, and that official intercourse between the United States and China would be mutually broken off. Mr. Bartlett. American secretary of legation, is said to be in hearty accord with the proposed action. Several western senators called on the president to urge the promotion of Gen eral Crook to be major general. The president replied he fully appreciated Crook's ability and services but could not promise to make the appointment as there are two or three in the army above him in rank. He didn't like jumping him over their heads. He said it would gratify him personally to address Crook, and he would certainly give his claims every consideration. Generals Terry, Howard, Augur and Pope out-rank Crook. General York telegraphs the governor of Louisiana from Troy landing that they are distributing forage on the Black river. 1 be country is in fearful distress. and there are 350 head of stock on the Black, Tensas and Little rivers that must be fed to save them. Corn and oats are shipped by the steamer St. John to be distributed on the Tensas river. Gener al York advises shipment of forage for stock on all the streams above mentioned ; also bayous Macon and Bartholomew. The river is rising rapidly. He has chartered a steamer to remove stock. At the instance of ex-Mayor Kalloch a large meeting was held in San Francisc on the 22d. It is estimated that 2500 were present. The meeting was addressed by Kalloch at some length. It is gener ally understood tbe meeting was called for the purpose of reorganizing the old workingmen's party, or an independent party, with Kalloch as its leader and exponent. The meeting was an initial one, no attempt at organization being made. Kalloch was the only speaker who addressed the meeting. Similar gatherings will be held at the same place two weeks hence and after that every two weeks. The Tribune says: It is to be hoped that republicans in the house will not commit the serious blunder of delaying passage of the Chinese bill passed last week by the sneate. According to infor mation received in Washington there ex ists an emergency which should insnre immediate passage of the bill. Compa nies engaged in importation of Chinese coolies have, in anticipation of the enact ment of a prohibitory law, made exten sive preparations for landing semi-slave laborers by thousands on the Pacific coast. They have arranged to take the first advantage of any delay by congress in passing the law restricting Chinese immigration, and the project is said to enjoy the co-operation of some United States consuls in China in wholesale issue of immigration certificates. The prompt ness of the senate in dealing with the Chinese question should be imitated by the house. The order sending Capt. Thomas H. Bradley to his company and the resigna tion of A. I. Crosby, chief clerk of the war department, has given rise to much comment in army circles. Capt. Brad ley has been on detail duty .at' the war department seven years and has never served a day with his company since his appointment to the regular army. Gen. Sherman urged his return to his regi ment with great earnestness on several secretaries, but nntil now without suc cess. Crosby has been chief clerk six teen years. It is asserted that his remov al was decided ou before his resignation was received, and that investigation has been instituted into the administration of the war department building. It is said the power heretofore exercised by tbe chief clerk and certain subordinates will be greatly reduced and held in stricter accountability. The accepted changes and those threatened have pro duced great excitement among clerks of the war department. Several removals are predicted. v. . , DO GLA Gezeman Blanco has been re elected president of V enezuela. Specials continue to bring stories of great destitution of overflow sufferers, Ten men are on trial in Santa Domingo for attempting to assass'nate President Merino. Smallpox rages throughout Hayti. In Port An Prince and environs alone 4478 deaths have occurred. It is expected Governor Crittenden will call an extra session of the Missouri legislature in a few days, to redistrict the state. lhe cost of the county court house at Chicago now nearing completion has been $2,251,000, and there are outstand ing claims of $515,000 more. The trial of rebels at St. Marc. Hayti. has begun. It ia believed a majority will do executed, seventeen arrests have been made at Jacemel; 24 others have fled Col. A. N. Freyer, commander of a N. Y, regiment during the war, was found uemi in ms oea at itiu wauf.ee. Wis., a supposed suicide on account of poverty. New citx-directory of St. Louis for 1882 appeared on the 25th. It has 19,000 more names m it tftan last year a, show mg a handsome increase in population. The jury in the case of Crow Dog, on inai ior tne murder of Spotted Tail, ren dered a verdiot of guilty on the 27th. Crow Dog will appeal to the supreme court. H. V. Bemis will soon retire from the tun ana dispose oi nis nne stable, com prising Little Brown Jug, record 2:13; sorrel Dam, 2:14; Silverton, 2:20, and onaer nyers. A Chicago dispatch savs: The Neelv eieyator s receipts being declared regn lax throws 5.000.000 more bushels of wheat on the market, and the clitiue will now have 3,500,000 bushels to take care of by April 1st. A petition for the pardon of Mason containing 5000 names was sent to the president. Oni hundred dollars will be Bent from Philadelphia next week to be added to the 10 cent subscription fund for "Betty and the Baby " An explosion of gas in the Laurel Run mines of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Co. occurred on the 25th. James Wil liams, fire boss, Wm.Scoville.Wm. Ash lord and two unknown miners in tbe pit at uie time are snpposeu to be dead. .1 XI An engine on the Sixth avenue eleva ted road ran into the rear coach of the regular passenger train at Cortland street station, New York, on the 25th. Two coaches careened and would have fallen to the street had it not been for the guard railing. The secretary of the interior has sent a draft of a bill to the house providing tnat an railroads in wnole or part con Biruciea Dy grants oi puouc lands, on .. 11 I j 4 . condition tnat sucu railroad remain a public highway for use of the govern otent of the United States free from toll or other charge for transportation of any property or troops or the United States. win ue amnorizeu to receive nny per centum oi tne gross amount due for such transportation. About $8000 in money and a large amount oi provisions and clothing have been raised for the benefit of overflow sufferers on the Mississippi river. Capt. Lee, m charge of the government relief expedition up the Sunflower and Yazoo rivers, states that the loss of hogs is total in the 1 azoo counties, and the loss of cattle is folly 75 per cent. All fencing, with many of the smaller houses, is de stroyed. He recommends the distribu tion of rations to continue at least two weeks in Johnsonville, and three weeks in the lower Yazoo counties, by which time he thinks work may be begun in the fields, and then the people can prob ably take care of theoiselvcs. Seventy thousand rations a week, it is believed, will be needed until the water subsides so that people can. get to work. Thomas M. Nicholl, the New York banker, arrived at St. Louis March 26th. In reference to General Grant's denial that he hud ever conversed with him concerning Garfield and Kosecrans. Mr. Nicholl reaffirmed to a Post Dispatch re porter most positively bis former state ments. Mr. Nicholl says there is noth ing remarkable in the fact that General Grant does not remember, as he was only one of a hundred who called on him and had a few moments' talk, but he himself would not be likely to forget the only call and conversation he ever had with Grant. He called on him in his room in the Fifth Avenue hotel at Gen. Gar field's request and gave him a letter from Garfield. After reading the letter con versation ensued and then Grant made the remarks about Garfield aud Kose crans which have already been published. Mr. Nicholl concluded by stating that he made the assertions with full realization of the fact that he might be called upon to support him. The semming up in the contest over the will of Dr. Henry J. Phillips was heard in New York on the 25th by the surrogate who reserved his decision. Deceased married, in 1865, a niece of Judge McAllister, of the supreme court of Idaho territory, and in his will he leaves her entirely unprovided for, be queathing the residue of his property after making several small legacies, to relatives in England. She contested on the ground of undue inflenoe and insane delusions regarding her. The case has been on trial for over a year before a ref eree. From the evidence it appears that the couple resided mostly at military sta tions in the west and that he was sickly and passionately jealous of his young and beautiful wifo. Letters written by him were offered in evidence, in which he states she led him an unhappy life. Letters also written him by contestant, were offered, in which she accuses him of gambling and of trying to get b fraud ulent divorce, and if he should get that she was engaged to be married, etc. C. P. Huntington, in an interview re garding railroad affairs, said there will be no change in the policy of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. The railroad will be extended as originally designed. He stated he intends building a railroad from Eagle Pass, Texas, to the City of Mexico, and believes it will be tbe first one completed, as the route se lected offers less engineering difficulties and passes through a more productive country with a population greater than any other. The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio road will be placed in first-class condition, thorough'y ballas ted, aud the present iron rails replaced by steel rails. He will also Lave a line completed from San Francisco to New Orleans and Galveston about September 1st. Mr. Huntington expressed fie opin ion that ownership in the railroad means control, and that attempts to regulate freights by legislative action lead to dis aster. J He favors laws to prevent freight discrimination, and said it was always his policy to make uniform rates properly classified. ... rri a Independent in all Things; Neutral in Nothing ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 18S2. THE ROaAlfOF WAK. Colonel T. Burr, the- well-known Con federate officer, prints in the Philadphia Times, an account of the attempt to re lease 50,000 Confederate prisoners con fined in Chicago, Columbus and San dusky in 1864, and to inaugurate a Northwestern Confederacy. Major C. H. Cole, of the Fif tn Tennessee Kegi ment, was a leading spirit in the plot, He received his instructions in Rich mond, and reported to Hon. Jacob Thompson, then in Canada. Jacob as signed him to the command of the de partment of the Ohio, with headquarters at Sandusky. At Camp Douglas, near Chicago, there were about 8000 Con federate prisoners; at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, about 8000 more, and at Camp Morton, near Indianapolis, about 4Q00 more. On Johnson's Island on Sandusky Bay, there were about 3200 Confederate officers confined. The oh- ject was to simultaneously release all prisoners, and officer the men- in tbe other three camps with the officers on Johnson's Island. With this force and the active aid of Northern sympathizers it was thought that a Northwestern Con federacy was not impossible. Major Tom Hinds, now Judge of Rowling ureen, ivy., bad tbe State of Illinois with his headquarters at Chicago Major Castleman had Indiana, with his headquarters at Centralia. At all of these places Northern allies were work ing in conjunction. The time selected in making the assault upon these camps was to be gauged by General luarly s at tack upon Washington, so as to make it impossible for any of the troops to be sent .North to reinforce the limited num. ber of Federal troops then iu the Notth west. The Northwest was selected as the basis of operations because there was great rebellion against the conscriptions and the people were generally tired of the war. It was at first intended to strike the blow while the Democratio National convention was in session in Chicago. Four thousand Confederate soldiers and sympathizers were in Chicago at that time ready for the work. Early's delay in striking Washington caused a postponement. Among the Northern allies Colonel Burr places BRICK POJUSBOY. He asserts, on the authority of Major Cole, that Jacob Johnson gave Pomeroy money to establish the La Crosse Demo crat. On Major Cole's assignment to command at Sandusky, he was instructed to capture the United State 3 man-of-war Michigan. She was the only armed ves sel on the lakes, and with her, in their power the Confederates felt assured of success. Cole wont to Erie, where the Michigan was lying before she was sent up as guardianship to the prisoners on Johnson's Island. Through friends he made the acquaintance of the officers, entertained them handsomely, and was invited to the ship, so that when it came to Sandusky he was always a welcome guest. Ae established himself in San dusky as an oil speculator, organized the Mount Hope Oil Company, and lo cated a well near Titusville, Pa. Judge x illmore, of Buffalo, was elected Presi dent, and Cole was elected Secretary. This gave him a business standing, and his position as Secretary and business manager of the company readily ac counted for the travel it was necessary for him to do in furtherance of his mili tary duty. It also explained the abun dance of money he had aad his willing ness to spend it. He received from Mr. Thompson $60,000 in gold, a portion of which was deposited in the bank at San dusky to his credit. He turned his at tention to cultivating the acquaintance of officers of the steamer Michigan, and all military officers stationed at Sandusky ,or who came there, as a prerequisite to success in releasing the Confederate prisoners. He wined and dined the of ficers continually, and was on excellent footing with them. He soon found it necessary to have men in his employ on board the Michigan, and also on John son's Island. As the United States Gov ernment wanted both seamen and soldiers two Confederates were enlisted as sea men and sent aboard the Michigan. Ten more were enlisted as soldiers, and were on duty as members of the regiment doing duty on Johnson's Island. Be sides Cole b social relations with the officers, he was in a position to be fully posted as to what was going 'on, both on tbe vessel and on the island. The menrhimsAlf enlisted as federal soldiers were of in finite value in communicating with the Confederate officers, and in getting arms to them. After Thompson's visit to the Michi gan, Cole spent three weeks in Philadel phia recruiting. He established his headquarters at Twelfth and Chestnut streets, in the Girard building or oil Cadwall der House. He also had another rendezvous on Fifth street, between Chestnut and Walnut, where a man was ostensibly recrutiug an artillery com pany for the United States service. It was here that most of the men for the capture of the Michigan were hired. They were paid $40 a month and expen ses, lhe money was drawn from Drexel s bank to meet the current expenses of these agencies and to pay the men. The plan fully matured, it was decided to make the attack on Monday, Sept. 19, 18(34. The intention was. the moment the Michigan was captured and the Con federate officers released, to CUT ALL THE TELEGRAPH WIRES Leading out of Sandusky, seize a rail road train, run down to Columb as, assist in releasing the prisoners there.then run back to Sandusky and establish the tem porary headquarters of tle Confederate Department of the Northwest. Gen. Trimble of Maryland, who was the rank ing Confederate omcer confined on John son's Island, was to be made Commander-in-Chief, and Cole had in his pocket a commission from the Confederate u-ov-ernment appointing him to that position the moment he was released. Cole was supplied with other commissions in blank, all properly signed and attested, to give to all other men who enlisted in the Confederate army for this service. This was done to make them regular Confederate soldiers, so that their ser vices would be legitimate acts of warfare as long as they obeyed orders. Mijor Hinds, in command at Chicago, and Major Castleman, in command at Cen tralia, were to attack Camp Douglas and Camp Morton simultaneously with Cole's attack upon Johnsons Island. Major Hinds was also charged with the duty of capturing one of the iron 6teamers ply ing between Grand Haven, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ; Through some misunderstanding none of the others made the attack, although Cole telegraphed before leaving Detroit, on the morning of the 19th, to Charley Walsh, a citizen of Chicago, who : was Major Hind's assistant, and is now Street Commissioner of that city, as follows: Detroit, Sept. 19, 1864. Close .out all the stock in the Mount k imepei iiope UU Company before 3 o'clock to aay. jse prompt. C. H. Cole. Ibis meant that the attack would be made on the Michigan at 5 o'clock that evening. Cole left Sandusky for Detroit on oaturaay, witn all arrangements per lected. He bad previously determined to capture the Philo Parsons, a vessel plying m the lake trade for service in transporting our troops. Tbe plan was mj go aooara oi ner at Detroit, and the men wno were to assist in ! HER capture were to get on at the various points at waiea sue touoned on the Canadian shore. Cole went on board the Parsons at 4k p. m. of the 18th, and spent most of his time with Captain Atwood. her com. mander. He had made his acquaintance some time before, and frequently came over on his vessel. She left her wharf on the morning of the 19th, and touched at her various stopping places on the Canada side of the Detroit river. At Windsor and at Maiden Cole's men got on boara. lie was in the pilot house with Captain Atwood when the boat touched at both places, so that he could note the men as they came on board, and oe wnere tney could see him. At Mai den, Atwood, observing - the unusual number of seedy-looking men getting aboard, said: "How many Bkedaddlers are coming on this morning ? These fellows are all well off. They ran out of tne united btates to escape the draft, and are now returning. They lodk hard but all of them Lave means, and are men of position." "Yes, poor lellows,"Cole replied'they uttvo uiu a iiaru time. J. Yates Beale, Cole's second officer, was in readiness for the work. When they left Maiden Cole gave him a signal to assign the men to their positions. He did so. A fine engineer, well armed, was placed near the engine, and one of the men well equipped for the work appoint ed to every important place on the boat. Cole himself preferred to deal with the Captain. When Beale had every thing in readiness. Cole crave the signal, and clapped his revolver to Captain Atwood's head, and said, "Captain, jou are my prisoner.' "What's the matter. Cole?'' he asked. in great astonishment. You are my prisoner. I take pos session of this ship in the name of the Confederate States Government. Go be low." THE ARREST OF THE CAPTAIN Was followed by the capture of other men by other soldiers. Thev were sent below and the hatches put down. The passengers were assured that they should not be molested. The stars and bars were run up with the announcement: This flag is a guarantee of protection to women and children." This assurance was sacredly kept, although it cost some effort. The regular Confederate soldiers perfect gentlemen, but some o those hired from Philadelphia, New York and j other cities were net. It was necessary i to put some of them overboard tomake good the promise given when the Con federate flag was hoisted. , About 12:30 the Parsons caught the Island Queen un loading freight at Pnt-in-Bav Island. O I - . , , ouo carried a large number of passen gers, amocg tuem aw unarmed soldiers going to Cleveland to get mustered out. The Parsons ran alongside of her, made fast, and captured her. The two steam ers then went to Fighting Island, where the passengers were put ashore. There was no possible means of escape, and therefore no danger that they would give warning. The steamers then ran toward the Michigan, which lay in sight. Cole eft the Parsons in a small boat, and rowed directly to the Michigan. His plan was to capture the ship by strategy. Before going to Detroit he had arranged to give the officers an entertainment on board that evening at five o'clock, and had sent the wine and other requsites to the vessel before he left Sandusky. Therefore his coming on board that day excited no suspicion. The men selected to make the capture were to come out from the shore in small boats, ostensibly fishing, and surround the Michigan. When Cole went aboard, they were to draw nearer to the ship. At a given tig nal from him they were to board her. put down the hatches, and the vessel would be won without firing a gun. Everything worked like a charm. On the verge of success Cole delayed giving the signal a moment too long. He was CAPTURED Instead of capturing the Michigan. He was in the ward-room drinking wine with the officers, and was just making an excuse to go on deck to give the signal when an officer from Johnson's Island approached him, saying: "Captain Cole, you are my prisoner." Captain of what? he asked with a laugh. "Certainly no man will accuse me of being a soldier." No, replied the officer, "but here is a telegram saying yon are a Confederate spy, and are in a conspiracy to capture Johnson's Island.' It orders your arrest. We must at least take yon into custody." Oh, that s all right, Cole answered, although he felt that it was all up with him. "Sergeant search him!" ordered the officer. The sergeant began his work and al most the first thing he found was a com mission from the Confederate Govern ment. That was enough. Cole was put under arrest and closely guarded. A Colonel Johnson, of Kentucky, had be trayed him. He dropped a paper con taining the information of his purposes npou the wharf just as they were leaving Maiden on the morning of the 19th of September, It was picked up and the facts communicated to the Provost Mar shal at Detroit. He telegraphed to the officers of tbe steamer Michigan, but tbe ispateh was by accident delivered to the commanding officer on Johnson's Island. It was merely by chance that the message reached the boat in time to save her from capture and to upset Cole's plans. On his arrest Cole was asked who were bis accomplices. There they were all around the vessel, and still unknown. Quick as a flash he devised a plan to save them. He named twelve' of the most prominent citizens of Sandusky as his co-conspirators, knowing that they would be at once arrested. He felt as sured that his female accomplice in the city, who was watching the bay for the . 1 m i m signal oi success, would De warned of bis apture and alarm the men in tbe boats. He was not mistaken. The first mau ar rested was Mr. West, who kept the hotel where he stopped. Annie Davis knew he had failed the moment it occurred. Quickly slipping from the hotel, she took a small boat, rowed out and crave the alarm to the men in the fishing boats, and they to the Parsons and Queen. Beale scuttled the Queen and sunk her In sight of the Michigan, and running the Parson over to the Canada shore, sunk her, too. Every man, but Cole escaped, i Annie Davis also got away, bnt she was captured a day or two. after, when she came back to bring notice from the Confederate Government that they would hold two officers as a ransom for Cole, and would execute them if he was dealt with in any other way tnan as; a Confederate soldier en gaged in legitimate warfare. . JOHNSON CUT HIS THROAT At the barracks in Cincinnati while be ing held as a witness for the Federal Gov ernment against Cole. After Cole's ar rest he was confined on the Michigan un til after Generals Dix, Qeintzelman and Hitchcock visited the vessel to make an investigation, j They came on board on a bright September day. It was thought tnat tne Knights of tbe Golden Circle w"ere in the plot, and they were in search of evidence. They asked for Cole. Cole says that he was quietly smoking a cigar when the officer came below to escort him on deck. In going forward he knew that he had to pass directly over the maga zine. He pulled -vigorously at his cigar to get it well lighted, then taking it irom nis mouth be held it by bis side, and in passing dropped it into, the little airuoie wnicu opened into the magazine. He therefore reached the deck expecting tnat every moment the powder would ex plode, and that the ship and all on board would be scattered to the four winds. The fire in the cigar, however, died away without reaching the powder. The three Generals heard his story, and Heintzel man, on learning of the trick played on tne twelve citizens of Sandusky, thun- uereu out: "vjaptam carter, why in 1 1 . . ; S I ,. v-. . i thunder didn't you hang that man to the yardarm?" j The records of the War Department show that he was tried in Cincinnati by military court, of which General Hemtzelman was President, and con victed of the charge of piracy and of be ing a spy. He was sentenced to be hanged on the 16th of February. 1865. on Johnsons Island, the point against which be bad directed his best efforts as a Confederate officer. He made two des perate attempts to escape while confined on Johnson s Island, and it was finally decided to remove him to Fort Lafayette. Legal proceedings had delayed his exe cution, and a petition gotten np by the ladies of Northern Ohio, among whom were the niece of ex-Secretary Colum bus Delano and the daughter of General M. D. Leggett, since Commissioner of Patents, softened the public feeling. The two ladies named were passengers ou. tbe island Queen when Cole cap tured her, and were not only protected but shown perfect courtesy by him and his officers. These influences, combined with the appeal of the powerful friends of the officers held in Richmond as hostages for him, secured a commutation of his sentence to imprisonment for life at the Dry Tortugas. - Before this, however, Cole was removed to Fort Lafayette. JOHN Y. BEALE Endeavored to rescue him while on the way to the fort. They tried to wreck the train which he had taken on the Lake Shore road, bnt they wrecked the wrong one. JJeale was captured, tried, sen tenced to be hanged, and suffered the death penalty on Governor's Island ; while as the sequel shows, his friend, first sentenced to death, and for whom he gave his life, escaped all punishment, It is claimed by those who profess to know, that the execution of Beale caused the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. J. Y. Beale was from Jefferson county, W. Va., but a short distance above Washington, where many of his relatives now livei He was the intimate friend of John Wilkes Booth. When Beale was sentenced to death, Booth made a powerful effort to save his life, He enlisted ail tbe eminent, men he pos sibly could to aid him in. his efforts, but there seemed no hope of success. As a last resort he begged his influential friends to secure him an audienoe with President Lincoln. Quite a number of them consented to do so, among whom was the late Colonel John W. Forney The audience was granted a short time before Beale was to be hanged, and Booth made a plea for his life which moved Mr. Lincoln to tears. The good- hearted President would doubtless have commuted Beale's sentence aftei the occurrence of that night, but Secretary Stanton said: "There has been too much leniency in dealing with these fellows. Cole's sentence has been com muted. The law ought to take its course in Beale's case." It did, and Beale was Hanged. Booth b failure to save the life Of his friend is said to have so preyed npou his mind that it gradu ally worked him up to the point of assas sinating the President. Cole remained in prison at Fort La fayette, and.after making one ineffectual attempt to escape, was, on the 10th day of February 1866, brought out of prison on a writ of habeua corpus issued by the District Court of j New York at the in stance of Jake Thompson and other Con federate leaders. He escaped to Canada, and thence to Mexico, where he lead a life of adventure under Maximillian. He was finally pardoned by the Presi dent, and returned to the United States with several prominent Confederates who were in Mexico for a time after the war, waiting executive clemency. He is now a citizen of Texas, largely interested in the development of the railroad system in that State. i Too Qreat. bome years ago a very nne echo was discovered on an Englishman's estate. He was proud of it of course, and excited considerable envy by its exhibition. One of his neighbors, who owned an adjoin ing estate, felt especially chagrined, but was gratly encouraged by an Irishman, who went over the land in the hope of discovering one somewhere. He declared himself successful in finding the most wonderful echo ever heard, and stood ready to unfold his secret for a large sum of money. The nobleman listened to tbe echo, and, although there was something peculiar about it he paid the money. An afternoon was set for his friends to come and listen to this mar velous discovery. "Hullo?" cried in stentorian tones the man who had found the echo. . "Hullo!" came back' immediately from the hillside. . "How are you?" yelled one of the com pany anl tbe wonderful echo answered in a suspiciously different key, "How are you?" All went well until just before retiring one of the company, putting his hand to his month, cried, ib a loud voice "Will you have some whisky?" Such a question would discover the character of any reasonable echo. It was certainly too much for the one which had been discovered on that estate. Judge of the surprise of the party when the answer came back "Thank yon sir; I will if you please." Tbe poor fellow wbo had been station ed at a distance to supply the echo., sim ply submitted to too great a temptation. JDEN nn NO. 51. Paris Swindles. Here are some of the newest Parisian swindles which speak for themselves: Tbe Widow Hoecher, an honest soul living on a small income, has for twenty years been in the habit of paying a weekly visit to the grave of her husband at Pere Lachaise. One afternoon she finds a young lady, elegantly melancholy in the costliest mourning, bowed down in affliction over a neighboring grave. lhe honest widow proffers her consola tion to the mourner, who receives her sympathetic advances with grateful fervor and leaves the cemetery with her, As they stroll away the young stranger introduces herself as the Countess Mon- trond. She belongs to the Cote de'Or, and visits Paris to pray at the newly erected tomb of her husband. This re markable coincidence of tastes in one so exalted charms the widow Hoecher, of course. She is the more enchanted by the anability of the gracious countess. and when that lady informs her that she has to pay for her husband s tombstone that afternoon, she is short of money, for which she has written to her agent in the country, tne honest widow observes that she has some 700 francs lying about loose, which she will be delighted to place at her service. - The countess re ciprocates the generous proffer, and in- viteB the widow to call on her the next day at the Hotel du Bon Lafontaine, Rue de Grenelle, to dine and get her ac commodation back. So they depart, em bracing, and, at last accounts, the Widow Hoecher was still looking for the Hotel du Bon Lafontaine. Can any one help her out? A second-hand dealer at Belleville possessed among his stock a battered old desk, which for months stood at the door, vainly appealing for purchase. Finally, it was acquired at a small snm by a po lite young man, who seemed to be a student. The day after it was sent home the student came to the dealer in great agitation, jn cleaning the desk out he had discovered a secret drawer, and in it a package of railway stock certificates and government bonds, worth CO.OOOf. He desired to know of whom the desk had been purchased, so that he might return the treasure to the proper owner, The dealer did not remember where he had got the desk. Besides even if he did, why return the treasure trove ? The loser had clearly not missed it, or it would have been sought for before to day. Let them share it and no man the wiser or worse off. The young man at nrst revolted at this proposition, then he listened and allowed himself to be per suaded. The papers should be sold by tne dealer, who had a mend who dab bled in such things. Meanwhile would the dealer let the lucky finder have some money to take his girl to tbe theatre cn ? He would, and did; 2,500 francs was the amount, and the securities turned out to be excellent counterfeits. Two well-dressed persons fall into a dispute i i a wine shop in the Rue Mont- ruatre, with regard to their respective muscularity. "I will wager you 500 francs to a quart of champagne I can tnrow you, says one. "Done," ex claims the other, "and our host shall bold tbe stakes. Boniface asspnts, and orders a couple of magnum on ice. The disputants put the money up. One has a 1000 franc note, the other 500 francs in bills. The one takes the small bills and leaves the 1000 franc note in the land lord's hand. . "It will all belong to one of us," they say, laughing; "so we may as well keep it together." They wrestle, but fail to throw one another. Then they get tired declare the wager off, and call for the wine on their joint account. "Take it out of the note, and we will divide the balance," they say; so the landlord changes the bogus $200,gives them $196 good money and takes an oath next morning to kill the first man who asks him to hold stakes for him again. A lady and gentleman, apparently for eigners of the best style enter a jeweler's at the Louvre. They critically examine rings, bracelets, and the like, conversing with animation in English. Finally they make a selection to the value of 4000 francs, and it is put up in a box, which the lady places in her reticule. The geutleman produces his wallet and finds himself nearly half the money short. Never mind he is going to bis banker's and they will call on their way back to their hotel. Meanwhile M. Biblebot can keep the box reads for them. M. Bible bot keeps it forty -eight hours, and then finds that it is another box, with a frag ment of brick in its cotton batting bow els inbtead of gems of price. The sharps had purchased something from him the day before, discovered how he put up things, and what manner of ; paper and card used, and lo ! the result. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow. Whatever may be said of the prefer ence of scholarly people, there can be no question that Longfellow was the most popular of the American poets not only at home, bnt in the United King dom and the British Colonies as well. A man of books, Mr.Longfellow lived, nev ertheless, outside of the rigid barrier of exclusiveness within which many liter ary folks enclose themselves. His poetry made him known to everybody, not as a member of a cultured class, but as a gentle, sympathetic, refined and gener ous thinking man. The man and the poet are one in the popular estimation, and they loved both him and his verses, these because they are a revelation, of such sweet, gentle, wise and loving man hood as everybody enjoys to find. Mr. Longfellow's life was a wide-spread bless ing. He moved the great heart of na tions to sympathy with the wronged to gentle and refined delight, and seldom to indignation at the oppressor, indigna tion being more than outweighed in feel ing for the victim. The subject of our sketch was born at Portland, Me., on the 27th of February, 1807. His father was an attorney -at law. In 1821 he entered Bowdoin College, and was graduated therein four years later. He tbeu read law a few months in his father's of fice, a pursuit which, happily, he did not continue, friends who knew his genius by acquaintance with his college life, providing him the oppoitunity of an occupation more con genial. They offered him the position of professor of modern languages at Bowdoin.one entirely proper to his bent. qualify himself the better for its duties, to Mr. Longfellow spent the three years and a half immediately succeo ling his acceptance of the offer, in Europe, visit ing France, Spam, Italy. Germany, Holland and Lngland for that purpose. He came home in 1829, and began his professorship at Bowdoin, which con tinued until l&to, when tbe death of Mr. George Ticknor, who held the corres ponding position in Harvard University-, resulted in his acceptance of the vacant professorship in that eminent seat of learning. Before actually entering upon its duties, he again went to Europe, this THE INDEPENDENT HAS TUB . FINEST JOB OFFICE IS D0U8LA8 COUNTY. CARDS, BILL BEADS, LEGAL LAA'KS And other printing, including Large and Heavy Posters and Showy .. - Hand-Bills. .Keatly and expeditiously executed A.T POBT1.AND I'KICES. time visiting the Scandinavian countries Germany and Switzerland, mainly with the view of promoting his acquaintance with the literature of Northern Europe. In the autumn of 1836, he began to teach in Harvard, and continued there eighteen years, when he was succeeded in his position by James Russell Lowell. Mr. Longfellow s career as an author dates from his undergraduate days, dur ing which he contributed poetry to the columns of The United States Liter ary Gazette. While at Bowdoin some able pieces of literary criticism, the products of his fertile pen, were printed in the North American Review. His'first volume of poems saw the light in 1833, since which, at not infrequent in tervals, a new volume has appeared, al ways welcomed with pleasure by a large constituency of admiring, loving read ers. There is no occasion whatever to detail the numerous productions of his pen. Perhaps "Evangeline" and "Miles Standish" are the best of his longer pieces. In the writer's opinion, his ' most effective works is seen insome of his -lyrics, which are perfect ' in their con struction and pervaded with sweetness, pensive tenderness and humanity. They are carried in the memory- of thousandft on both sides of the. Atlantic, and are gems which permanently enrich the literature of nations. "Hyperion," a romance, is not so well known as Mr. Longfellow s poetry. His translation of Dante, published in 1868, cannot be said to have superseded that of Cary. As was before suggested, Mr. Longfellow's poetry is not characterized by strength or greatness, but by gentleness, sweet ness and refinement, the product of vast labor, but free from pedantry and affecta tion. He has given eloquent and simple voice to the convictions and emotions of good, e very-day kind of people. 1 bince lfwo, Mr. Longfellow made two trips to Europe, one in 1842, and the second in 1868 and 1869. On the last occasion, be was made a doctor of laws by the University of Cambridge, Eng land, and a doctor of civil law by that of uxford m the same country. In 1873. he was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Science, and in 1877 of the Spanish Academy. His works have been translated into the Continental languages of Europe. Mr. Longfellow. .ajLas an American whose illustrious if me dignTv. fies his native land, and whise produc tions adorn and invariably benefit human nature. ' - "To-day the civilized world is in mourn ing over the sad intelligence flashed over the wires this morning that Henry Wads worth Longfellow, the most eminent of American poets, died yesterday, in the city of Boston, at the advanced age of . seventy-five years and twenty-five days. f From Portland Evening Telegram March 25. . ' A Book that bad to be Bold. A week or two ago a bright and chatty young woman called at ahouse on Cass avenue and endeavored to make a sale of a book entitled "Home and Mother," The lady of the house received her in the usual ten degree below f, irilnon1, Est! utterly refusing to look at the book, she said: - "I haven't any money, and I know that my husband wouldn't pay for it " -At is a dook highly sposen oi by the press. Yes, I know, but my husband k queer. "And yon see the superior stvle of binding." "I know, bnt my husband would call it bosh and trash." "Shan't I call when he is at home?" "That would be useless. He wouldn't even look at it, and he hates female book agents." "Does he?" "Yes: he abhors them. I know he doesn't eyen treat them civilly when they call at his office." - "Is that sc? mused the cirl jind when she left the house, she for some reason or othier, started right down town. lhe lady of the house might have for gotten the incident in five or six years but fer a sort of climax. When her hus band came up to dinner he handed her a copy of "Home and Mother," with the remark: "Happened to see it as I passed a sec ond-hand book store, and thought per haps you would like it." "les ah but. Henry, a cnrl was here trying to sell me this very book not over two hours ago, stammered the wife. "Was, eh? Well she probably cot discouraged, sold out t a second-hand dealer, and has skipped the City. Is dinner ready?" Dinner was ready, but somehow the wife had no appetite, and since then she she has fits of abstraction, glances sus piciously around at times, and has been seen going in and coming out of second hand book stores. J Detroit Free Press. An Aflventare la a Tunnel. A middle-aged Irish lady, almost as broad as she was long, boarded an out bound C. & A. passenger train hst even ing with the intention of taking a trip to one of the numerous towns that lie be yond the American bottom. She took a seat as was quite natural, and owing to her "largeness" she was allowed to occupy it alone. Just as the train was on tbe eve of entering the tunnel Mrs. Murphy obtained a whiff of tunnel gas that had leaked into the car through a defective ventilator directly overhead. As she had never breathed anything that reminded her of gas before, she became greatly alarmed, and began to exclaim frantically, "Murther! murtheri I am kilt!" As the gas did't take the hint and vanish immediately, she threw np one of the car windows, hoping by that strata gem to procure a coveted supply of fresh air. in a moment the car niied with smoke and gas and came very . near smothering every person in it She couldn't understand where the smoke came from, and yelled, "Fire ! fire ! mnrther 1 we're all kilt 1 1 For God's sake, help ! Don't let me burn np " By this time the passengers were cough ing spasmodically and tuniblinrr over each other as they rushed to the car doors in a most ludicrous manner. The car doors were locked, and they found themselves in a helpless condition. Thn old lady fainted, while other passengers yelled for help and carried eh like mad men. By the time thev reached the end of the tunnel they were exhausted and almost suffocated. The old lady recov ered and told the conductor that she thought she was "kilt," adding that she would never travel through an under ground gas works again, not -for any thing.! St. Louis Republican. The number of goats in Europe is stated to be 17,198,587,those in Denmark not being counted, as the goats there had not been report id when the census was made np. Greoce possesses the larppt number in proportion to her population, there being l,3i 9,528. LI i Mr-